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Systems for percutaneous bone and spinal stabilization, fixation and repair

EP 1011464 B1 · Applicant: Disc-O-Tech Medical Technologies, Ltd.

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  • Filed March 6, 1998 and granted January 23, 2008. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 6, 2018.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by September 6, 2023.
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FiledMarch 6, 1998
PublishedJune 28, 2000
GrantedJanuary 23, 2008
Term endedMarch 6, 2018
Application numberEP 98910912
Classification (CPC)A61F2/4455 +2 more

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1999200120032005200720092011201320152017Application filedMarch 6, 1998PublishedJune 28, 2000Patent grantedJan 23, 2008Term endedMarch 6, 2018

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